|
View previous topic :: View next topic
|
|
| Author |
Message |
Allabaster
|
- #1
- Posted: 05/12/2016 23:07
- Post subject: Too Much Music
|
|
I would like to know when listening to music becomes unhealthy. What is too much?
|
|
|
|
|
Back to top
|
|
|
|
misc
|
- #2
- Posted: 05/12/2016 23:18
- Post subject:
|
Serious?
When you're on your knees in some dark alleyway sucking off some creep for a $10 I-tunes voucher. That would be a fairly good indicator.
|
|
|
|
|
Back to top
|
|
craola
crayon master
Location: pdx
|
- #3
- Posted: 05/12/2016 23:20
- Post subject: Re: Too Much Music
|
| Allabaster wrote: | | I would like to know when listening to music becomes unhealthy. What is too much? |
when it starts interfering with relationships
when you can't get your homwork dun anymore cause distraction
when you're going bankrupt from buying all this music annd effects pedals and cabs and software and et al.
when you're'r metabolism plummits cause you can't get away from your computer cause you have to hear the new beyonce album
when your hearing starts to fade /// what did you say? HUH? WHAT!?? PARDON!?
when music isn't "hitting the spot" cause ur so bored of it
mm. yeah. when boredom
when you start thinking miley's the real deal.
| misc wrote: | Serious?
When you're on your knees in some dark alleyway sucking off some creep for a $10 I-tunes voucher. That would be a fairly good indicator. |
ooh. good answer. i'd say this is definitely a bad sign if you're wondering about what your wondreing bout.
_________________
follow me on the bandcamp.
|
|
|
|
|
Back to top
|
|
RoundTheBend
I miss the comfort in being sad
Location: Ground Control
|
- #4
- Posted: 05/13/2016 04:43
- Post subject:
|
hahahaaha.
Honestly I think music, for me, is WAY better than say murdering someone or becoming a drunk, so totally healthy out instead of the alternative.
But yeah, basically any "real" addiction signs are the same regardless of your vice.
As to the argument of if Music is worth spending A LOT of time on and could I be spending time on something else that is more productive... probably. Instead of the 900+ albums I've listened to since January, I could have become certified in say... scuba diving and then when there's dead people in lakes, I can get paid big bucks to go find them... or I could just listen to 900 albums...
At that point it isn't a question of addiction, but an opportunity cost question and how much you value your time towards "goals".
For me, if I ask myself, am I spending more time listening to music than my parents did watching TV... well then I'm probably pretty average waste of human existence being a consumer, just like everyone else.
Up until recently my band mates and I asked this question: is it worth our time to spend hundreds of hours writing and performing music that maybe 20 people care about? The answer was the same... well my wife watches 80 billion episodes of every lame ass TV show out there... that's totally less worthy of my time.
But if I want to actually achieve things beyond the average person, well then yeah... music is a total waste of your time and you should micromanage your money so that you too can rule the world.
|
|
|
|
|
Back to top
|
|
RoundTheBend
I miss the comfort in being sad
Location: Ground Control
|
- #5
- Posted: 05/13/2016 04:48
- Post subject: Re: Too Much Music
|
| craola wrote: |
when you start thinking miley's the real deal.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Back to top
|
|
|
|
Applerill
Autistic Princess <3
Gender: Female
Age: 30
Location: Chicago
|
- #6
- Posted: 05/13/2016 10:38
- Post subject:
|
|
Are we living in 2009?
|
|
|
|
|
Back to top
|
|
Allabaster
|
- #7
- Posted: 05/13/2016 13:41
- Post subject:
|
| Applerill wrote: | | Are we living in 2009? |
I do not think so, but I am often confused. It is 2016, yes?
|
|
|
|
|
Back to top
|
|
meccalecca
Voice of Reason
Gender: Male
Location: The Land of Enchantment
|
- #8
- Posted: 05/13/2016 16:12
- Post subject: Re: Too Much Music
|
| Allabaster wrote: | | I would like to know when listening to music becomes unhealthy. What is too much? |
It becomes unhealthy when we stop getting anything out of it, and begin treating listening like a job. "Must listen to this album immediately, so I can share my opinion"
_________________
http://jonnyleather.com
|
|
|
|
|
Back to top
|
|
JOSweetHeart
Gender: Female
Age: 41
Location: East Tennessee
|
- #9
- Posted: 05/13/2016 17:43
- Post subject:
|
| sethmadsen wrote: | | Honestly I think music, for me, is WAY better than say murdering someone or becoming a drunk, so totally healthy out instead of the alternative. |
Amen to this. In my opinion, if you are going to get hooked on anything, music would be the best thing to turn to. 
God bless you always!!!
Holly
_________________
Me & my favorite singer James Otto
Check him out here when you can!
|
|
|
|
|
Back to top
|
|
Decurso
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Location: Sao Paulo, SP Brazil
|
- #10
- Posted: 05/14/2016 14:14
- Post subject:
|
I can't see how one could ever listen to too much music. However....one can talk about music too much. It's the same as anything else, whether it's politics, sports, movies, etc. If you only ever talk about one thing, you quickly become a bore.
_________________
100 Punk Favourites
Live Albums
Death Metal
|
|
|
|
|
Back to top
|
|
|
|
|
